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(Model) B. s. SEAMAN.

HAME.

, No. 253,949. Patented Feb..21,188%5 N. PETERS, Phaio-Lilhngmpher,Washington. 0. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN S. SEAMAN, OF OORNING, NEW YORK.

HAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,949, datedFebruary,21,1882.

Application filed December 31, 1881. (Model) To all, whom it may concernBe it known that I, BENJAMINYS. SEAMAN, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Corning, in the county of Steuben and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hames;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being badto the accompanying drawings,

and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a rear view 5 Fig. 2, a front view, and Fig.3 a section of a hame embodying my invention.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures.

My invention relates to the tu'g'loop and it consists of the featuresspecifically set forth in the claim.

A represents the hame proper, which consists of the usual-shaped woodenbody, bound at its outer edge with iron and provided with the usualrein-ring and stapleand hame-strap loops at the top, as shown in thedrawings, which features are all of usual construction, and form no partof my invention.

B is the tug-loop; O, the breast-ring, and D the breast-ring staple oreyebolt. The tugloop B is provided with the usual eye,b, for thereception of the tug-staple, and is extended to form two branches, 1) bthe former overlapping and conformed to the upper surface of the hame,and provided with a diagonally-disposed oblong aperture, c,'forming aseat for the under side of the breast-ring eyebolt, and a passagetherethrough for the body of said eyebolt, and the latter branch, 11 isconformed to the under surface of the hame and provided with anaperture, f, which is outwardly-countersunk for the reception of theupset or riveted end of the eyebolt D at d.

Heretofore tug-loops have been provided with the upper branch and abearing-surface against the outer edge of the hame, which has in somecases been extended to clasp the under surface of the hame, and a plainhole for the passage of the breast-rim g eyebolt, or with two plainholes for the passage of a staple or such constructions as of myinvention.

the legs thereof, in which staple the breastring was held, and in bothcases the end of the eyebolt and the ends of the legs of the staple havepassed through the heme and were riveted against a washer, whereby lessstrength was secured in the completed hame by reason of the increasednumber of holes therethrough through the hame in the act of upsetting orriveting the end thereof and I do not claim Furthermore, in the aboveconstruction the breastring was apt to be turned from the diagonalposition desired, and shown herein. By my construction oneeyebolt'secures the ring in the desired (liagonalposition, thebearing-surfaces at the top, bottom,and outer sides of the hame,

and provides a metal foundation against which a it can be riveted orupset, and renders the haine at this point simple and cheap inconstruction and serviceable. When the usual binding strap of'iron isused on the outer edge of the hame it is also bound firmly thereon bythe tug loop herein shown and described, thus lessening the number ofscrews, nails, or rivets required to be driven into the hame for thatpurpose.

The tug-loop may be of either cast, wrought, or malleable iron, thelatter being preferred.

Having described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

As an article of manufacture, a haine having its tug-loop securedthereto by the breastring eyebolt, which is passed through thehame, thediagonally-apertured branch I), and the apertured branch I) of saidloop, and headed or riveted against said branch b whereby the loop isfirmly drawn and held against the hame in the finished article,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my sig-

